Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-01-21
The Mexican War Pension Bill

! Passed.
4 We give below the full text of the bill
for the censioning of the surviving SOL
diers Of the Mexican war. and the widows
of those who have passed away. We give
I below the names of those parties VINO re-
side in this city Or county Tor who went
from here to the Mexican wary who are,
or may hereafter be interested in the act:
Mrs. Margaret Harman, widow OF the
| late Gen W. II. Hartman; Mrs. Bette
| Hartman, widow of the late Col. John A.
Hartman IF the Texas Rangers; Mrs. VIVA.
| Miller, Mrs. John Parent, and Mrs Jacob
Flick. of Stanton; and Mrs. Britt, OF
Augusta; Sergt G. C. Merritt, Of Green
Vile; Corporal George Harlan, of STaun-
ton; George Alexander, Stanton; w. U.
Bickle, Stanton; VIM. SkeeD, Staunton,
| mot 81, but comes under the disability
clause; John Peer. Augusta; Green
Terrlll, Waynesboro; James Billy. Angus
ia; Samuel Helms, mot yet 62), Middle
brook; Daniel Slower, Pocahontas, w.
Va; Morgan Harrow, Highland; Abel
, Chase. Wyoming Territory, and
Ayers, of Illinois. All the men belonged to
the veterans that went from Augusta.
Besides these there are Maj j. b. Dorman
who went with the Texas Rangers; LIZ.
Simon Hilb who went with Tennessee
regiment, and Barney Bowles who served
in the regular U. s. Army. The following
Is a copy Of the bill as it passed both
houses:
Belt enacted 5y tile Senate and House OF
REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States Of America
| in Congress assembled That the Secretary OF
| the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized
| and directed to place On the pension roll the
| nanssz of the surviving officers and enlisted.
| me z, Including marines, militia, and vciun-
teeIs OF the military and naval services of the
United States who, duly enlisted, actually
| served sixty days with the army or navy Of
| the United States in Mexico, or on the coasts
s or frontier thereof, or route thereto in the
| war with that nation, or We're actually en-
gagged in battle in said war, and were hon
: orably discharged, and to such other Officers
and soldiers and sailors as may have been
personally named in any resolution of Con-
| gress for any specific service in said war, and
! the surviving widows of such officers and en-
| listed men provided that such widows have
not remarked; provided that every such Off
| Ger, enlisted man, or widow who is or may
| become sixty-two years of age, or who is or
may become subject to any disability or de-
| tendency equivalent to some cause prescribed
| or recognized by the pension laws of the
United States as sufficient reason for the al
| lowance of pension, shall be entitled to the
| benefits of this act; but it shall not be held
| to include any person not within the rule of
age, or disability, or dependency herein de-
| fined, or who incurred such disability while
! in any manner voluntarily engaged in or aid
| ing or abetting the late rebellion against the
| authority of the United States.
| Section g. That pensions under section 1
| of this act shall be at the rate of S. per
month and payable only from and after the
passage of this act for and during the natural
| lives Of the persons entitled thereto, or dur
ing the continuance of the disability for
which the same shall be granted: provided
| that section l of this act shall not apply to
any person who is receiving pension at the
| rate of IS per month or more, nor to any per
| son receiving pension of less than So per
month except for the difference between the
| pension now received Gf less than $8 per
I month"; and So per month.
| Section g. That before the name of any
! person shall be placed on the pension-roll un-
der this act, proof shall be made, under such
F., rules and regulations the Secretary of the
luloTlOE ulty pI6oCIlDe, VI tuo LII VI tI0 dp-
| plicant to a pension; and any person who
| shall falsely and corruptly take any oath re-
| quired under this act shall be found guilty of
| perjury, and the Secretary of the Interior
| shall cause to be stricken from the pension
roll the nalne of any person whenever it shall
| be made to appear by proof satisfactory to him
| that such name was put upon such roll
| through false and fraudulent representations,
| and that such person is not entitled to pen
| sion under this act. The loss of the certificate
| of discharge shall not deprive any person of
| the benefits of this act, but other record evil
| dence of enlistment and service, and of an
honorable discharge may be deemed suffi-
| Gent; provided that when any person has been
granted a land-warrant under any act of
| Congress, for and on account of service in the
| said war with Mexico, such grant shall be
| p7ina0 fdcie evidence of his service and honor
able discharge; but such evidence shall not be
| conclusive and may be rebutted by evidence
that such land-warrant was improperly
| granted
Section 4. That the pension laws now in
( force which are not inconsistent or in conflict
with this act are hereby made part of this
act SO far as they may be applicable thereto
Section s. That section 4716 of the Revised
Statutes is hereby repealed SO far as the same
relates to this act or to pensioners under this
act.
Section 6. That the provisions of this act
shall not apply to any person while under po-
| litical disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
amendment to the Contribution of the United
| States